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ITHACA, N.Y. — Steven Vincent Beer ’65, whose work to discover the fundamental mechanisms of plant bacterial disease and immunity still serves as a foundation for research to protect the world’s apples, pears and many other plants, died Jan. 12 in Ithaca. He was 81. Beer, professor emeritus of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology in the […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — Everett Donald Markwardt, M.S. ’51, a leader in reforms that modernized agricultural outreach and support across the Northeast, has died at the age of 100. A professor emeritus of agricultural engineering in what is now the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE), Markwardt died Dec. 11, 2021, in Montour Falls, New […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — Richard Louis Quaas, whose work in quantitative genetics helped revolutionize livestock breeding practices, has died. A professor emeritus of animal science, Quaas died Oct. 19, 2021, in Decorah, Iowa. He was 77. Quaas joined the Cornell faculty in 1973 under the mentorship of Professor Charles Henderson, who is widely considered one of […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — Richard Allison Ledford, whose work in food microbiology contributed to New York’s booming dairy and yogurt industries, died Oct. 9, 2021, in Flat Rock, North Carolina. He was 90. Ledford, Ph.D. ’62, was professor emeritus of food science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and chaired the Department of Food […]